# 609 West 151 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1020980019/609-west-151-street-manhattan).
BBL 1020980019 · BIN 1062454 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 15 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
- 10 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 5 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 2 active DOB violation(s)
- 4 evictions executed in the last 3 years
- 3 OATH/ECB fines lost by default (unpaid)

Scale: low, moderate, high, severe. Set from open hazardous violations relative to building size, raised by distress signals (HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program, court harassment findings, evictions, unpaid OATH/ECB fines, open housing-court cases, a sold tax lien). It describes the public record, not any one apartment.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 20 stabilized units for 2023, of about 48 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 21, 2019: 20, 2020: 20, 2021: 20, 2023: 20.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1926, 6 floors, 48 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

66 open (class C immediately hazardous: 15, class B hazardous: 48, class A non-hazardous: 3); 968 on record.
10 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
5 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

2 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 25 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

5 active of 71 on record; 3 decided by default; $19,322 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

124 in the last 12 months; 496 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (180), UNSANITARY CONDITION (72), PLUMBING (56), WATER LEAK (49), PAINT/PLASTER (37).

## Bedbugs

7 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units.

## Evictions

4 executed in the last 3 years; 6 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

20 cases on record, 0 open, 18 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- HeadOfficer: Ian Lagowitz
- Agent: Joel Goldman
- CorporateOwner: West 151 Street Associates LLC

The same owner is linked to 33 other buildings (Ian Lagowitz at 24 Church Street).

## Sources and limits

NYC Open Data (HPD, DOB, OATH/ECB, 311, DOF, PLUTO) and NYS DHCR building lists. This is a screening signal from public records, not legal advice; records lag and contain errors. Full interactive report with violation details and maps: https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1020980019/609-west-151-street-manhattan